
Profiles
Professor Victoria Allgar
Professor of Medical Statistics and Director of PenCTU
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
- Health services
- Bayesian statistics
- Before-and-after studies
- Big Data
- Case–control studies
- Clinical trials
- Cohort studies
- Correlation study
- Cross-sectional studies
- Meta-analysis
- Epidemiology
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Biography
Biography
As Professor of Medical Statistics, I lead the Medical Statistics Group and am the Director of the Peninsula Clinical Trial Unit (PenCTU).
My work focuses on bringing together the knowledge of a range of experts from different specialisations to help identify and answer key research questions. I support the development and delivery of clinical and applied health and care research. I have significant experience of leading contributions to the planning and design, conduct, statistical analysis and reporting of clinical trials, and other well designed studies.
PenCTU supports the development and delivery of clinical and applied health and care research, offering a range of services, from pre-application methodological support to full study delivery.
Qualifications
• BSc(hons) in Statistics 2(i), University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• PhD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Memberships
• Royal Statistical Society – Fellow / Chartered Statistician (1999-date)
• Science Council (2012) – Chartered Scientist (2012-2020)
• Senior Fellowship of HEA (SFHEA) (2020)
Employment:
• Professor of Medical Statistics and Director of PenCTU, University of Plymouth (2021-date)
• Professor of Medical Statistics/Reader in Medical Statistics/Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Hull York Medical School/Department of Health Sciences, University of York (2006-2020)
• Director of Yorkshire Primary Care Research Network (YReN) , Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds (2005 – 2006)
• Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds (2001-2006).
• Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds (2000-2001).
• Medical Statistician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds (1997-2000).
• Research Associate, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Newcastle (1995-1997).
• Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Education and Social Work, Northumbria University (1995-1996).
Professional membership
Chartered Statistician (Royal Statistical Society)
HEA Senior Fellow (SFHEA).
Roles on external bodies
Current roles:
Associate Editor for Trials (April 2019-date)
Statistical Editor of Health & Social Care in the Community (2016-date)
NIHR EME Funding Committee (2021-date)
Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials programme - Swiss National Science Foundation (2022-date)
Grant Review Panel for the Multiple Sclerosis Society (2015-date)
Health Services Research Initiative Panel for Arthritis UK (2016-2021)
Cochrane Member (2019-date)
Numerous Trial Steering Committees (TSCs) and Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals